Mouse? Royce muttered. I just can’t seem to get rid of this horse, can I?
Most people never come near their true love, or if they do, it’s one sided. That is perhaps more tragic than never finding love at all. To know joy lies forever just beyond your reach—in a way, it’s a...
Modina lowered her voice and said, I’ll tell you a secret—it’s not me at all, really. Sure, on occasion, I come up with something intelligent—and I am usually surprised by it myself—but the real geniu...
Love is the degree to which you are willing to sacrifice your own interests for those of another. It doesn’t matter what sex you are. It doesn’t matter who you are, or were. It only matters that you c...
It’s hard to explain the feeling of it—the power—it’s as if I can do anything. Can you imagine knowing you can do anything? It’s exciting, alluring—it draws you in and you want it like a hunger. You f...
It has taken a long time to find, but there is a pattern to the world. Wobble it and it corrects, which should be impossible; chaos should beget chaos. Order should be only one possibility and drowned...
It doesn't take much to please you, does it, Myron?Anton Bulard once wrote, 'When you expect nothing from the world- not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe- everything is a...
Is this where it was? Royce asked, stopping and studying the base of the tower.How should I know? Hadrian replied as his eyes coursed up the length of the south tower. Up close, it blocked everything...
Is he going to be a problem? Hadrian asked, watching the ex-commander hop into the rain, grumbling.Parker? No. I just needed to remind him that he’s terrified of me.
If you don't abandon hope on pleasant days, why do so on those that being poorly?
I think everyone may have underestimated your mother’s love for you. Me included.
I think everyone has the capacity to do great things, to rise above their everyday lives; they just need a little push now and then.
I think comfort can be a curse, an addiction that without warning or notice erodes hope.
I think comfort can be a curse, an addiction that without warning or notice erodes hope. Live it long enough and the prison stops being the walls or the guards. Instead, it's the fear you can't surviv...
I suspect she, or someone she reports to, read the note I left in my pack. You left a note for the thieves’ guild? What did it say? Just that they were my animals and that they might want to reconside...
I don’t have a single callus. Even if I decided to leave title and pride behind, I lack any useful skills. I’m like a milk cow slapped on the backside and turned out of the barn to make her way in the...
How you been, Bernie? Royce greeted him. Going for a walk?Actually, I was about to find a place to relieve myself.Good, I’ll go with you.Go with me? he asked nervously.I’ve been known to help people r...
He’s in the drawing room, listening to us right now. Sitting in the blue chair with its back to the wall, he’s waiting for me to join him. I’m sure he has a crystal glass half filled with the Montemor...
Hadrian took the opportunity to move over and join Royce, who sat with his back to the hearth and his sight on the windows. I’d say you’re being awfully quiet, but then I might as well follow with ‘Oh...
Hadrian discovered that the most fascinating thing about plummeting in total darkness wasn’t the odd sense of euphoria instilled from the free fall or the abject terror derived from anticipating sudde...